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Joshua Guitar (Kean University) Alan Chu

From a Whisper to a Movement

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Investigating the Shared Rhetorical Spaces of Whistleblowing and Social Protest

Joshua Guitar (Kean University), Alan Chu

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English

State University of New York Press
02 February 2026

Communication studies; Political ideologies; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; Political activism

Series: SUNY series, Studies in Human Rights

Through substantive case studies on issues of human rights, this collection of rhetorical investigations engages the interactions among whistleblowers, public protest, and relationships of power.

While whistleblowers are commonly viewed as disempowered members of institutions who expose acts of wrongdoing, From a Whisper to a Movement argues that whistleblowing acts can occur from an assemblage of persons and places not typically associated with the term. This theoretical foundation affords us the ability to substantively interrogate the rhetorical linkage between solitary whistleblowing acts, scaffolded around a sense of democratic ethics, and the rhetoric of the consequent publics that demand corrective action. As mass social protests often emerge from singular moments of discovery, the connected discourses expose a unique site within the public forum rich with rhetorical significance. While not all whistleblowing utterances prompt public protests, and only some protests coalesce around the disclosure of wrongdoing, recent history demonstrates that exposed abuses of power often prompt collective action in the name of human rights. This volume interrogates how disempowered actors, often working alone, can inform democratic discourse and global movements.

Edited by: Joshua Guitar (Kean University), Alan Chu
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9798855803303
Series: SUNY series, Studies in Human Rights
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 02 February 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joshua Guitar is Assistant Professor of Communication at Kean University. He is the author of Dissent, Discourse and Democracy: Whistleblowers as Sites of Political Contestation. Alan Chu is an independent scholar.

Reviews for From a Whisper to a Movement: Investigating the Shared Rhetorical Spaces of Whistleblowing and Social Protest

""One strength of From a Whisper to a Movement is its exigency—this is an important topic now. An edited collection on whistleblowing is an important contribution to the fields of rhetoric, politics, and human rights. Especially today when speaking truth to power on the right side of history is increasingly difficult."" — Belinda Walzer, Appalachian State University